[svlug] OOXML ISO vote irregularities

[Anna Edwards]

However, i dont see it as open standard when microsoft
made it and bribed every nation (and managed to get
banned from the swedeish marketplace while doing it)
to vote for it. At least those are the stories i
heard.

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--- Original Message ---
Date: Sat Mar 29 21:45:34 PDT 2008
From: Greg Lindahl <lindahl at pbm.com>
To: svlug at lists.svlug.org
Subject: Re: [svlug] OOXML ISO vote irregularities
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On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 09:15:07PM -0700, Sameer Verma
wrote:

> which 
> basically goes to say that if we already have an ISO
approved standard (ODF) then why is ISO even bothering
to look for another one?

The ISO frequently approves competing standards, or
standards which contain 2 competing elements.

The best thing about standards is that there are so
many to choose among!

-- g

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